Pate v. Insurance Co.

Mrs. Ruth Pate brought an action upon two insurance policies issued by the Life Insurance Company of Virginia to Carl L. Pate, her husband. The defendant filed demurrers, both general and special,^ to the petition as amended. The court sustained the demurrers and dismissed the petition, and the plaintiff excepted. No beneficiary was named in the policies declared upon, but Mrs. Pate alleged that under the terms of the policies she, as the wife of the insured, was virtually made the beneficiary. • Her petition as amended showed that no administrator had been appointed for the estate of her…